About Leslie
Leslie Rice is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in North Carolina with 20 years of experience. She focuses on practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and relationship or family concerns. Leslie centers respect, sensitivity, and compassion in conversations with each person she sees.
Her approach is collaborative and straightforward. She listens to what matters most and helps set clear, doable goals. Sessions often involve learning small skills to manage strong emotions, reduce overwhelm, and improve daily routines.
Background and approach
Leslie draws on several evidence-informed approaches to guide her work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thinking and build different habits. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers tools for emotion regulation and healthy boundaries.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports identifying values and taking meaningful steps toward them. In practice, she adapts plans to fit each person’s life. That can mean short coaching-style check-ins one week and deeper narrative work the next.
She helps people sort priorities, try new strategies, and notice what’s working so they can keep making progress. People turn to Leslie for help with grief, addiction concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, anger, low self-esteem, and identity issues including LGBT and gender dysphoria concerns. She also works with challenges such as impulsivity, dissociation, and co-occurring mood or personality symptoms.
Her style is steady and practical. She aims to make change feel possible by breaking big problems into manageable steps and supporting clients as they try new ways of living.
How Leslie Uses Practical Therapies Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice what matters most to them and take small, value-driven steps even when uncomfortable feelings are present. It can help with motivation, overwhelm, and living consistently with personal goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and habits and replacing them with more helpful actions. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and day-to-day routines.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Leslie will collaborate with clients to decide which methods fit their needs and preferences. That process can include trying one approach for a few sessions and adjusting as goals become clearer, so the plan evolves with the person's progress.
Online therapy with Leslie uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video allows face-to-face conversation for deeper work, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for short check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing coaching and reminders. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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